CNN is backtracking after President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hit back hard against their fake news claims citing a dubious ‘intel assessment report’ on the US’s strike on Iranian nuclear sites.
Last Saturday evening President Trump announced that the US had dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran.
President Trump said bunker-busting bombs totally obliterated the Fordow nuclear plant.
Satellite images of the Fordow plant showed the ‘before and after’ following Operation Midnight Hammer.
New Images via @Maxar
High-resolution satellite imagery collected this morning June 22nd after Operation Midnight Hammer reveals aftermath of airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment facility.
Note: The sequences begins “Before Overview” then “After Overview” including… pic.twitter.com/mjk3kTsG3E
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) June 22, 2025
Earlier this week CNN reported that, according to a leak, an early assessment from the Pentagon’s intelligence arm revealed Iran’s nuclear sites are ‘largely intact’ and the US strikes only set them back a few months.
The ‘top secret’ intel assessment of the Fordow plant was leaked to CNN, AP, and the New York Times.
CNN read the ‘top secret’ intel assessment live on air and attacked our brave fighter pilots.
WATCH:
BREAKING: CNN discloses “top secret” information on live TV, claiming the strikes on Iran left their nuclear sites “largely intact.”
The claim has since been refuted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“Based on everything we have seen, and I’ve seen it all, our bombing campaign… pic.twitter.com/rqTcDzT8Eh
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 24, 2025
Secretary Hegseth held a press conference on Thursday morning and absolutely torched the fake news media over their Iran leak lies.
Hegseth said the leaked intel report published by the fake news actually said it takes “weeks” to have a valid assessment.
WATCH:
. @SecDef JUST CALLED OUT THE FAKE NEWS:
“I mean specifically you, the press core, because you cheer against Trump so hard, it’s like in your DNA and in your blood to cheer against Trump.
Because you want him not to be successful so badly, you have to cheer against the efficacy… pic.twitter.com/wgb8g4J35X
— DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 26, 2025
On Thursday morning, CNN had a change of tune and totally backtracked.
“I think from what I’ve seen, the 20,000 centrifuges…they are all completely destroyed. I am VERY CONFIDENT those centrifuges are GONE!” CNN said.
“Fordo is rendered inoperable for the foreseeable future, probably forever!” CNN said.
WATCH:
TRUTH AIRED ON CNN, FINALLY — After spreading fake news: “It worked! It seems to have worked flawlessly!”
Total Trump vindication.
“I think from what I’ve seen, the 20,000 centrifuges…they are all completely destroyed. I am VERY CONFIDENT those centrifuges are GONE!”
In… pic.twitter.com/1ZIPhzzsMR
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 26, 2025
CNN’s talking potato Brian Stelter also backtracked on Thursday.
“This is a very complex matter…CNN did not report that this mission was a failure…! We just don’t know all the facts yet,” Stelter said.
WATCH:
CNN’s Brian Stelter: “This is a very complex matter…CNN did not report that this mission was a failure…! We just don’t know all the facts yet.” pic.twitter.com/q4dKcdkFEf
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 26, 2025
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